Replication of "Trauma and Stigma: the Long-term Effects of Wartime Violence on Political Attitudes" (Ji Yeon Hong, Woo Chang Kang), Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2015. 

* Description 
How does wartime violence affect public attitudes toward the government in the long run? In this paper, we examine whether violence against civilians during the Korean War continues to influence people's attitudes toward the South Korean government more than half a century later. We find that wartime violence has clear long-term attitudinal effects. Using a difference-in-differences (DID) analysis that compares the cohorts born before and after the war, the findings indicate that people who experienced violence in their childhood (0-5 years) are less supportive of the South Korean government, especially the administration and the military, compared to those born in the same areas during the 5 years after the war. We argue that the gap between pre- and post-war cohorts is generated by the long-lasting trauma of wartime violence and the social stigma imposed on violence victims after the war.

* Files included in this Packages 
    - ReadMe.txt (this file)
    - Hong_Kang_CMPS2015.do (Stata do file)
    - Hong_Kang_CMPS2015.dta (Stata data file)
    - Hong_Kang_CMPS2015.txt (Stata log file)

* Program: Stata Version 13.1 

* Hong_Kang_CMPS2015.dta combines the data from the following sources. 
    - Report on Civilian Massacres in the Korean War 
    - Complete Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 
    - Korean General Social Survey (KGSS)

* Most Recent Date of Successful Replication : April 27th, 2015 

* Data Description (See the paper for the details)
Contains data from Hong_Kang_CMPS2015.dta
  obs:        13,148                          
 vars:            29                          27 Apr 2015 18:48
 size:     2,287,752                          
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------year            double  %10.0g     year       Survey Year
age             double  %10.0g     age        Respondent Age
attend          double  %10.0g     attend     Religious Attendance
conbus          double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Big Enterprise
contv           double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trunst in TV
congovt         double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Central Government
conlgovt        double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Local Government
conlegis        double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Congress
conjudge        double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Supreme Court
conarmy         double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Army
conbluho        double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Blue House
concso          double  %10.0g     confidence
                                              Trust in Civil Organization
rank            double  %10.0g     rank       Current Class, Self Evaluation
emd_code        str7    %9s                   EupMyunDong Code
killed_MKW_GKW  double  %9.0g                 Total Killed
log_MG          float   %9.0g                 Log of Total Killed
sigungu_code    str5    %9s                   Sigungu Code
province_code   str2    %9s                   Sido Code
female          float   %9.0g                 Female = 1
unemployed      float   %9.0g                 Unemployed = 1
married         float   %9.0g                 Married = 1
edu_comb        float   %9.0g                 Education (5 Categories)
violence        float   %9.0g                 Violence
birth_from_en~r float   %9.0g                 
prewar_05       float   %9.0g                 Pre War (-5)
vXw_pre05       float   %9.0g                 Violence X Pre War (-5)
log_gnk         float   %9.0g                 
log_gus         float   %9.0g                 
log_gsk         float   %9.0g                 
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